Shooting victim dies in hospital

HOLT - A 53-year-old man missing since Wednesday night was found Saturday lying in a Delta ditch shot two or three times - but alive. He was pronounced dead Monday afternoon, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said.

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Posted Aug. 20, 2013 at 12:01 AM

By The Record
Posted Aug. 20, 2013 at 12:01 AM

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HOLT - A 53-year-old man missing since Wednesday night was found Saturday lying in a Delta ditch shot two or three times - but alive. He was pronounced dead Monday afternoon, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said.

The unidentified victim was taken by helicopter to a hospital, where he was listed in critical condition for two days before dying.

He was discovered by San Joaquin County sheriff's deputies with the aid of the victim's family members. The victim was found in the 11800 block of West Lower Jones Road, just north of Highway 4 and seven miles west of Stockton.

Family members told deputies he had been missing since Wednesday and had possibly been shot in a nearby cornfield. The area is near the community of Holt in a flat farming area of the Delta.

No suspects have been identified, and the investigation is ongoing. The Sheriff's Office provided no other information about the incident.